User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- Preliminary remarks
- Introduction
- New functions
- Installation
- Best practice
- Requirements
- Used ports
- Setup
- Upgrade from Apollo 1.3 to Apollo 1.4
- Upgrade from Apollo 1.4 to Apollo 1.4SR1
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.4 to Apollo 1.5
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.5 to Apollo 1.6
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.6 to Apollo 1.7
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.7 to Apollo 1.8
- Upgrading from Apollo 1.8 to Apollo 1.9
- Upgrading the Display Wall configuration
- Control Room Configurator
- Viewer
- Concept
- Apollo 1.9 Viewers
- Limitations
- Memory requirements (minimal RAM size)
- Communication memory
- Requirements
- Steps required to configure the FRG Viewer
- Steps required to configure the Visu Viewer
- Steps required to configure the Cottus Viewer
- Steps required to configure the VNC Viewer
- Steps required to configure the ProViewer
- Steps required to configure the Web Viewer
- Steps required to configure the MPEG Viewer
- Steps required to configure the VTplus Viewer
- Launching Viewer
- Controlling Viewers
- VNC Viewer
- Explorer
- Starting the Explorer
- Explorer User Interface
- Object Tree
- Source Tree View
- Explorer workspace
- Explorer menu bar
- Help menu
- Remote Desktop menu
- Layout Selector menu
- Explorer tool bar
- Device Manager in the Explorer
- Explorer Context Menu
- Drag&Drop functionality
- Layout Editor
- Desktop Server
- Project Backup
- Command Interface
- Device command Interface
- Desktop command Interface
- Viewer command Interface
- Apollo Explorer command interface
- Apollo Layout Editor command interface
- Apollo Layout Selector command interface
- Apollo Remote Desktop command interface
- Apollo Database Convertor command interface
- Apollo Window Detector command interface
- Control Room Bus services
- Control Room Bus
- Serial command interface
- TCPIP command interface
- Application management
- License management
- Time synchronization
- Log file
- Security Provider
- Defining accessGroups
- Configuration of restricted objects
- Permissions
- Restrictions for regions
- Restrictions for layouts
- Restrictions for shortcuts
- Restrictions for advanced menus
- Window Properties|Description
- Window Properties|Sizable
- Window Properties|Always on Top
- Window Properties|Visible
- Edit|Invisible Windows
- Edit|Keyboardinput
- Edit|CommandLine
- Edit|Permissions
- Edit|SaveLayout
- Customized configuration and uninstallation of Apollo
- Soap API Service
- Appendix
- Hotline
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1 Preliminary remarks ........................................................................................................................... 15
1.1 Styles and symbols.......................................................................................................................................16
2 Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 17
2.1 Summary.......................................................................................................................................................18
2.2 Apollo components ......................................................................................................................................19
3 New functions ..................................................................................................................................... 23
3.1 New functions in Apollo 1.9.........................................................................................................................24
3.2 New functions in Apollo 1.8.........................................................................................................................24
3.3 New functions in Apollo 1.7.........................................................................................................................24
3.4 New functions in Apollo 1.6.........................................................................................................................24
3.5 New functions in Apollo 1.5.........................................................................................................................24
3.6 New functions in Apollo 1.4.........................................................................................................................24
4 Installation .......................................................................................................................................... 27
4.1 Best practice ................................................................................................................................................. 28
4.2 Requirements ............................................................................................................................................... 28
4.3 Used ports..................................................................................................................................................... 29
4.4 Setup.............................................................................................................................................................30
4.5 Upgrade from Apollo 1.3 to Apollo 1.4 .......................................................................................................31
4.5.1 1. Converting the Apollo Database .....................................................................................................31
4.5.2 2. Generating current configuration files............................................................................................32
4.6 Upgrade from Apollo 1.4 to Apollo 1.4SR1 .................................................................................................33
4.7 Upgrading from Apollo 1.4 to Apollo 1.5 ....................................................................................................33
4.8 Upgrading from Apollo 1.5 to Apollo 1.6 ....................................................................................................34
4.9 Upgrading from Apollo 1.6 to Apollo 1.7 ....................................................................................................34
4.10 Upgrading from Apollo 1.7 to Apollo 1.8 ..................................................................................................34
4.11 Upgrading from Apollo 1.8 to Apollo 1.9 ..................................................................................................34
4.12 Upgrading the Display Wall configuration................................................................................................. 35
5 Control Room Configurator ................................................................................................................. 37
5.1 Requirements ............................................................................................................................................... 38
5.2 Installing Control Room Configurator...........................................................................................................38
5.3 Basic principles of creating a configuration ................................................................................................39
5.3.1 Recommended Visio settings..............................................................................................................39
5.3.2 Template and shapes ..........................................................................................................................39